Ribbon Cable
This option defines a ribbon cable (with round cores only).
Figure 1. The CD - Cable cross section definition dialog.
Parameters:
- Cross section label
- The label of the cross section.
- Core
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- PEC
- Select this option to set the core of the cable to PEC.
- Material label
- The label of the metallic medium (as defined in the DI card) to be used for the core.
- Core radius
- The radius of the core.
- Number of cores
- The number of cables which constitute the ribbon cable.
- Core spacing
- The spacing between the adjacent cores.
- Insulation
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- Material label
- The label of the material (as defined in the DI card) to be used for the insulation layer.
- Thickness
- The thickness of the insulation layer (optional).
- Cable per-unit-length parameters accuracy
- The Cable per-unit-length parameters accuracy can be increased from Normal (default) to High or Very high.